Sen. Johnson will go to court to challenge Obamacare subsidies for Congress

8:02 PM,
Jan. 4, 2014

Written by

Donovan Slack
Gannett Washington Bureau

Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson is steaming mad about Obamacare, and he's decided to sue the Obama administration on one of the only grounds he can - its treatment of members of Congress and their staffers.

The Oshkosh Republican is a plaintiff in a lawsuit to be filed Monday accusing the administration of giving them special treatment that places a harmful burden on Johnson and other members of Congress.

Under the health care law, members of Congress and their employees were kicked off their federal health plan and forced to buy insurance through an Obamacare exchange. But unlike other Americans ...